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11 Nebuchadnezzar and his people
    are the most terrible of the nations,
    and I will bring them to destroy Egypt.
They will pull out their swords against Egypt.
    They will fill the land with dead bodies.
12 I will make the Nile River become dry land.
    Then I will sell the dry land to evil people.
I will use strangers to make that land empty.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

The Idols of Egypt Will Be Destroyed

13 This is what the Lord God says:
“I will also destroy the idols in Egypt.
    I will take the statues away from Memphis.
There will no longer be a leader in the land of Egypt.
    I will put fear there instead.

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11 He and his army—the most ruthless of nations(A)
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.(B)
12 I will dry up(C) the waters of the Nile(D)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(E) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will destroy the idols(F)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.(G)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,(H)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.

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